Northland, the Imperial Free City of Valuno.

Since the spring, there have been fewer people in the city, and the Wiegand people have temporarily sold out their collections, so that the bustling street market has returned to a somewhat deserted scene after a brief period of busyness, and the citizens walk the streets as if they have returned to the old days.

But it has become a city in the end, and although it seems to have been beaten back to its prototype, it still has the power to accumulate in fact, and when this power explodes, the city of Valuno will change even more.

Hams built a new town hall in the middle of the city, right next to the house of Joyce, the former mayor of the town. The construction of the town hall was completed early, and on the night that Hams's son, William, was chosen as the next mayor, Hams went to Joyce's house alone, and he cautiously asked Joyce for his opinion.

"Lord Mayor, we should have a town hall for the next step of the city's development, and I really can't find a better place than next to your house. ”

"And what do you have to worry about? Don't ask me what bad old man thinks, go do this, man, I know the last thing you need is wood for your house. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to make you ......"

"What's so noisy about this, I wish I was being argued with, so that it seems that I am the right person to give this town. ”

The new town hall, like the Hams family's house, was a two-story wooden house, only newer and taller. At the entrance of the city hall hangs a wooden signboard with a large line of characters carved on it, and the citizens know that it means the city hall.

The open space in front of the town hall was a little wet, and it was sprinkled with water to make sure no dust was raised

In the hall, William was holding a few letters and reading them mechanically, while Hams sat on the bench across from William, recording some of the things that William had read in an orderly manner.

"Lord Lorraine of Pine Fort has cultivated 200 hectares of land this year, and the crops on the land are: vegetable roots, vegetable turnips, and rye...... It is estimated that there are 80 hectares of vegetables and turnips, 40 hectares of onions, and 80 hectares of rye...... Lord Cork of the Yanggu River Valley...... This year he cultivated 300 hectares of land, most of which were planted with rye, some vegetables and a few hectares of hops...... Lord Davis of Fort Greenwater...... 3,800 hectares of land were reclaimed. ”

When he read this, William couldn't help but feel the letter in his hand, and after he rubbed his eyes, he continued to read after a long sigh of relief.

"Lord Davis of Greenwater River Fort has reclaimed three thousand eight hundred and sixty-two acres of land. Scared me...... I thought he was the one. He assures that the land is full of crops, but can only roughly tell us that there are no less than a thousand acres of wheat in it. In addition to that, he asked us when we were going to build a mill near his domain. ”

Hams lifted his head out of the pile of papers, revealing a somewhat tired face, rubbed his head, and continued

"If I'm not mistaken, Lord Davis isn't even sixteen this year, is he?"

"It's fourteen, father. William replied.

"Fourteen, oh...... Better than you. Hams stretched and yawned.

William scratched his head in embarrassment. "They are the descendants of knights. Again. He didn't seem to have more ripe fields than the other two lords. ”

"Wait and see, I'm sure a lord who knows how to count land in farmer's units of measurement will receive more crops. ”

"Maybe he was born with this endowment?" William still had a slightly unconvinced look on his face.

"Believe it or not, he's certainly comfortable with these lands, and he's got a long-term vision. Let's just look at it. ”

On the riverside, a teenager in his early teens was walking along the Green Water River. At this time, the river was catching up with Xia Xun, although it could not be compared with some of the big rivers that Conan had seen in the south, but it was still murmuring. For a moment, he looked at the river and became distracted.

A sudden sound of Suo Soo sounded in the sheltered woods, and even though it was in his own territory, Conan couldn't help but put his hand on the long sword at his waist, and his mind silently calculated the distance to the nearest few farmers, and how long it would be before he could get help.

He took a few steps backwards, and the riverbank was empty, with little place to hide, and it seemed that there was no other way to go than to confront the owner who made the noise.

Conan silently recalls in his mind what the settlers of the Northland told of Weyganrao: they were humanoid beasts with no humanity, even women and children were the kind of ferocious people. The only thing that can restrain them now seems to be this babbling river. In the weird tradition of describing Wiegand Ragh, they didn't dare jump right into the river.

The sound in his ears was getting closer and closer, and Conan took a deep breath, and he didn't think too much about it, and he was about to jump into the river in one go.

The moment he lifted his foot and jumped down, a crisp voice came into his ears

"Hey, what are you doing, jumping into the river in the summer, but you want to drown Rao!"

He was relieved to hear the familiar Great Prussian language in his ears, which was somewhat different from what he had heard in his childhood. Conan turned around, but saw a heroic young man with a bow and arrow on his back.

The boy looks about the same age as Conan, but he is more than half a year taller than Conan.

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?"

The two looked at each other, and after they spoke, they asked the same question in unison.

Conan looked down and saw a pair of shiny riding boots at the feet of the young man opposite, and suddenly knew a little bit about the identity of the young man.

"You are the child of a nearby nobleman's family, why did you come here without the permission of the local lord? ”

The young man looked at Conan's serious appearance, first stunned for a moment, and then asked with some sarcasm.

"What's the matter, now that you come to the Green Water River to take a turn, you still need to report?"

Conan's face was a little pale, this young man didn't look very old, but he didn't seem to be coming from. To be on the safe side, Conan decided to report himself first.

"The land you are standing on now belongs to the Green Water River Fort, and I am the lord here. ”

After listening to Conan's words, the young man did not mean to dodge at all, but instead sketched a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, why didn't I see you last summer? ”

In the blink of an eye, Vidia had been away from Valuno for almost a year. Within a year at Marcus Manor, Marcus had done everything he could. He thought that what he had learned in his life was at least enough for Vidia to reach adulthood, so he told Vedia that he would be appointed as a knight after completing his studies, but he never expected that in just one year, Vidia had mastered his own seven or eight points of fire.

Marcus knew very well that a true general would inevitably come out of the battlefield on his own, and no matter how rich his knowledge was, he would not be able to teach Vidia. He had already written a letter of introduction, planning to use some of his connections in the imperial capital to send Vidia to the "Rainbow Knights" for a few years of study, and when Vidia reached adulthood, he could inherit his fiefdom.

But Vedia flatly refused.

"I am a knight born in the Northlands, just as if you pull out the grass from the ground and wither, and the eagle cannot fly without it. I don't go anywhere except the Northland. ”

Marcus was not very surprised by Vidia's protests. He just looked at Vidia's ice blue eyes, and then smiled and said, "Okay, a capable young man will have a lot to do wherever he is." ”

The old knight showed a little annoyance as he said this, he took out a letter from his bosom, and said thoughtfully: "You haven't been home for a long time, haven't you?

Vedia was about to take the dead envelope and consider the contents of Marcus's letter and the matter of going home, but she heard the wind whistling by in her ears.

The moment the air touched her hair, Vidia squatted down, narrowly avoiding the threat from behind. He subconsciously turned around, leaned his back against Marcus, and pulled out a short sword from his waist. You want to deal with an unknown Assassin.

However, when he turned back, Vedia could only make a crying and laughing expression, and he turned away again, looking at Marcus with some helplessness.

Where are there any assassins, standing behind Vedia is just a farmer from the manor, he is holding a wooden stick in his hand, he was going to smash Vedia's head hard, but now he dodged it, and the farmer who failed to hit the target looked a little annoyed, he stood in place in a daze, and even showed a little honest smile when he saw Vedia's inquiring eyes. This was apparently arranged by the owner of the manor, the knight of Baron Marcus.

Seeing the dodged scheme, Marcus smiled awkwardly, and then after finding a casual reason to play the farmer, he spoke to Vedia with some seriousness.

"Are you really not going to go to the South, with your talents, I promise you will ......"

"Get ahead, become the leader of the Knights, or even the Marshal of the Empire. Vidia interrupted the old knight impatiently, and then straightened up again. "I didn't learn martial arts to get ahead, but to protect innocent people from harm. In order not to prevent the tragic situation of last year's summer from happening again! A person's greatest glory should be that he has protected his life, not that he has killed many enemies and how many military exploits he has achieved. ”

After listening to Vedia's words, Marcus was a little stunned, he looked at Vedia's young face for a little while, until he looked at Vedia sweating a little, then sat back on the wooden chair with a frustrated face, waved his hand a little impatiently, and said, "Then you go! Go as far as possible, don't see me again!"

Vedias wiped the cold sweat from his head and retreated from Marcus's room, and after he had only walked a few steps, Vedia heard the sound of a heavy object falling on the floor in the room, like a man smashing something.

His face changed suddenly, he didn't know what kind of wind the old knight was doing, and thinking that he was also under his care here, he gritted his teeth and walked around the courtyard of the manor a few times, and then stomped his foot heavily, and was about to return to the house.

At this moment, a hand stopped him appropriately

"Young master, Master Marcus is like this, now I'm afraid that I'm not crazy again, just ask him to stay in the room for a while, you go in now, I'm afraid it's not good intentions to add to the chaos." ”

The man who spoke was the self-appointed steward of the manor, Virgil, who shook his head at Vidia as he pricked up his ears to listen to the movements in the room.

During the conversation, the people in the room seemed to hear the noise outside, and the sound of smashing things gradually stopped, replaced by a long sigh. Virgil made a "shhh

Vidia stood in front of the room, neither advancing nor retreating, looking quite a dilemma.

After a long time, the steward of the manor finally bent down and retreated from the room, and he stood at the doorway, nodding respectfully towards the door, and then turned to speak to Vedia.

"Master Marcus told you to go home first, anyway, you're still young, and the manor won't run away with long legs. The so-called horse and donkey donkey can't give birth to a good breed, and it's not too late to come back after you have a change of heart. ”

Vidia's throat rolled once or twice, and he wanted to come out, even if it was a long time before he would change his mind, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered Marcus's already snow-white hair and increasingly thinning eyebrows, and finally just nodded and set out on the journey home.

Without a squire, in the year that Vidia was in the manor, under the careful teaching of Marcus, many of his kung fu skills were no weaker than that of an adult knight, and he could return home alone with one person and one horse.

According to the plan of the itinerary, he was supposed to go back to Valuno directly, to meet his father José Knight, and his closest mayor, but when he saw that he was about to reach the city of Valuno, Vidia's heart suddenly felt a sense of unhappiness, homesickness but fear of his hometown, thinking that Mayor Joyce's body was also old, so he couldn't bear to go back to see him directly, and remembered his other teacher, so he thought about going around the Green Water River first, especially on the riverbed near the Green Tree River.

Brother Mender died in a hurry, and there were so many people who died at that time, that the monk's bones were never found, and even Mayor Joyce could only make a tomb for him.

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